Tour de force musician, actor, and producer (and more) Jack Tracy has been dug in in our Red Room this past month, mixing an album in a slightly different way than the average mix session. While most musicians would direct the engineer creatively, Tracy and his production company Necessary Outlet have instead opted to treat the sessions as instructional mixes, in which Dubway engineers help instruct Tracy on the technical aspects as they mix his tracks together. Studio engineers Violette Furton and Russell Castiglione have been pairing with Tracy on this recent collection of songs, many of which have been recorded in-house as well.

To facilitate learning in a practical way, the studios have set up the control room’s computer as an identical mixing environment to the in-the-box setup Tracy has on his laptop. Everything from the DAW to the plugins are the same that he uses at home, except that it runs on the studio machine (and through our studio monitor chain). This means that everything that Tracy’s learning in the studio is directly transferrable to his at-home mixes. For the producer learning to mix with the technical ear of an experienced engineer, you’d be hard pressed to find a better way to quickly improve the quality of your mixes.

Check out more of Jack Tracy’s work at the link above, and stay tuned for new music soon!